Bang, bang, you're dead. No, really dead. A group of twelve year old kids play war in a forest but the audience views the action through their eyes. They fire real machine guns, hear mortars exploding around them, and dodge bloody shrapnel from grenades. I Declare War is a movie for young and adult audiences alike, featuring twelve to thirteen year old actors in the tradition of Stand By Me. With overtones of Lord of the Flies, I Declare War is a parable for not only events broadcast nightly on newscasts throughout the world, but a chilling depiction of the capacity for youth and man to take charge and to win at all costs.
应是举家同欢的新婚之夜，新郎与新娘却彻夜不见踪影。未久，绑架恐吓如恶梦袭来，赎金之高令人绝望，在家族工坊勉力谋生的姊姊，完全无力负担。然而，为了挚爱胞弟与家族颜面，她必须在有限时间用尽一切手段，在传统封闭的犹太部落筹措救命之财……。师事俄国大师苏古诺夫的导演巴拉果夫，改编家乡真实故事，运用特别比例景框巧妙表现人际间的远近亲疏，穿越宗教传统与政治现实的沉痾，不停叩问心中的家庭核心价值：自我牺牲。
电影将以上世纪1950和1980年代的双时间轴呈现，故事以张云林（张艾嘉饰）为核心开始，观众将看到以倒叙手法回忆1950年代年轻的张云林（李心洁饰）在二次世界大战后的生活。妹妹张云红（林宣妤饰）的过世使张云林陷入罪恶感之中，此时，她也遇见了日本籍园艺师中村有朋（阿部宽饰），协助她打造纪念花园，并开启一段揪心的爱情故事。
